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    GENUS TRIDACNA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Type genus of the family Tridacnidae: giant clamsplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Tridacna; Tridacna

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("genus Tridacna" is a kind of...):

    mollusk genus (a genus of mollusks)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Tridacna"):

    giant clam; Tridacna gigas (a large clam inhabiting reefs in the southern Pacific and weighing up to 500 pounds)

    Holonyms ("genus Tridacna" is a member of...):

    family Tridacnidae; Tridacnidae (large marine hard-shell clams)

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